As Yoda might have put it, the secret of good comedy, timing is. So Labour MP Thomas Docherty must be applauded for his possibly unintentional but nonetheless impeccable attunement to the rhythms of humour.

Newcastle reacted with outrage after the Football Association announced that Wigan's 21-year-old forward Callum McManaman will not face retrospective action for his studs-up challenge on Magpies defender Massadio Haidara.